SKI-U-MAH!!! Top 10 Gopher Sports Stories for 2013!!!

[GopherHole Staff]

SKI-U-MAH!!! Top 10 Gopher Sports Stories for 2013!!!
By GopherHole Staff

It was a great year in Dinkytown for Gopher sports. A national title, NCAA tournament success, incredible individual performances and fresh leadership and vision highlight a fantastic year. Here are the Top 10 Gopher Sports Stories in 2013:

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Scroll to the bottom of page to read in countdown format. Much more exciting.

 

[BleedGopher]

STrib Sports Person of the Year lines up with GH's Top Gophers Sports Moments of 2013:

per the STrib:

When the Star Tribune went to pick its 2013 Sportsperson of the Year, the staff knew this was a team worth honoring. But it was tough picking one individual from a group bursting with talent.

Never before had one team produced all three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award, which goes to the top player in women’s college hockey. The Gophers not only had the award’s winner, in 100-point scorer Amanda Kessel, but they also boasted the nation’s top goaltender, Noora Raty, and best defenseman, Megan Bozek.

Then there’s coach Brad Frost, who won his second NCAA title in 2013 and has this year’s team off to a 19-1 start. The Gophers have barely skipped a beat even with four players from last year’s team training for the Olympics — Kessel, Bozek and defenseman Lee Stecklein for Team USA, and Raty for Finland.

“I think you need to give a shout-out to Brad Frost and his assistant coaches,” University President Eric Kaler said. “It’s just remarkable to have a winning streak that long. I joke there’s nothing that I can do 62 times without screwing it up, especially in hockey.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/237196451.html

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STrib's Top Sports Stories of the Year:

3 Gophers football, a midseason turnaround: Midway through the 2013 season, the Gophers football team had lost its first two Big Ten games by a combined score of 65-20. Head coach Jerry Kill had stepped away from the team in an attempt to get his seizures under control. Questions abounded about his future and the direction of the program. And then? Acting head coach Tracy Claeys helped direct a four-game conference winning streak that changed the narrative of the season. Though the Gophers lost their final three games, including a bowl heartbreaker to Syracuse, their 8-5 year became one of the feel-good stories of 2013.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/238196961.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue

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